Academic Policies - Information for Staff
Academic Policies at the University of Canberra
Information for staff
(This information is available as a word document here.)
General information sources
- UC Policy database Policies are statements of principle. Many policies have associated Procedures (actions and responsibilities) also in the database
- Student guide to policies Annual student guide to University policies, also useful for academic staff
- Guide to student services Annual publication
- Delegations register for academic student matters Schedules for coursework, international and research students setting out who can make decisions on admission, enrolments, fees, assessment, progress (including credit), course completion etc.
- UC online Handbook
- Courses and units database Course and unit descriptions
- Academic Program List of UC courses open to new domestic and international admissions in a given year, with details of teaching periods etc.
Key policies affecting students – General:
- Student charter Rights and responsibilities of students
- Student conduct rules 2009
- Student academic integrity policy
- Student grievance resolution policy
- Disability policy
- International education policy
Study program and assessment:
- Assessment policy Current policy in the database will be replaced by revised policy approved to take effect from January 2011
- Examination policy Also Deferred examination policy and Supplementary assessment policy
- Work-integrated learning policy
- Grade Point Average (GPA) policy
- Academic progress policy (also Procedures) Complemented by Student support policy below
- Student support and early intervention policy Complements Academic progress policy, to identify and help students at risk of not making good progress
- Variation of course requirements (VCRs) policy
Admission and credit:
Courses and units:
- Unit outline template and guidelines
- Generic skills and attributes of UC graduates from undergraduate and postgraduate coursework courses Revised policy expected from January 2011
- Policy on undergraduate courses leading to bachelor degrees Also Associate degrees policy
- Honours degrees and degrees with honours
- Policy and procedures for courses leading to postgraduate coursework degrees Also Combined masters policy
- Higher degrees by research: policy and procedures (Gold Book)
- Course development procedures: guidelines for academic staff developing new or revised courses Includes key dates
Miscellaneous:
- Intellectual property policy
- Privacy and personal information
- Copyright site
- ESOS – DEEWR site
- UC Committees and advisory groups site
- Fees and contributions site Includes critical dates, international and domestic tuition fee rates, fee-related information, link to fee policies etc.
- Critical student incident management policy Also Procedures (staff only)
Contacts:
Contact person for each policy is given in the Policy database.
- Academic Policy & Review unit support for Academic Board and committees, academic policies, course development
- Course manager in APR Mark.Thompson@canberra.edu.au (course approvals and course-related information)
- Student Progress and Graduation office in Student Administration email student.progress@canberra.edu.au assistance with academic progression matters, credit, VCRs, results, changing unit availability, course completion and graduation
- International Student Support / Advisors (ISAs) email InternationalStudent@canberra.edu.au
- The Associate Dean (Education) in your faculty
- Student Equity and Support Unit (SEASU)
- Office of the Dean of Students email DeanofStudents@canberra.edu.au

